The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-12

MAKE THE MANGLED FACE MORE SLIGHTLY
it was difficult task, and it was som
hours after that Ergel's body lay il
state in the old home beside the suicide
The remains were placed in a nea
casket, with silver trimmings, exact.
like that holding Engel's body. Whel
this was finally done Lingg's mortal re-
mains were carried and placed beside
those of his old friend.
Hundreds of friends of the dead men
filed into and out of the
little shop and took a last loot
at the faces, almost strange to them
from lapse of time. At one end of the
store Mrs. Engel sat With eyes red
with weeping, and h.r face shrouded
with black veil.
The body of Spies was embaimed and
turned over to his mother, who took II
to her home late in the evening. The
embalmers are still at work on the
bodies OF Parsons and Fischer, and may
not complete their work until early to-
morrow morning.
THE EMBALMING
is being done by Professor W. A. Sulli-
van, professional em5almer of Bos-
ton.
Judging from the appearance of the
bodies" said Professor Sullivan, "the
hanging of those men was thoroughly
scientific piece of work. 1 did not wit
ness the execution; and my Judgment
upon the skill with which it was man
aged is based on my observation of the
| appearance of the bodies which l am
now working upon" Engel was the
only one of the four whose neck was
broken. The other three choked to
death.
AFTER THE HANGING.
Many of the spectators turned their
heads at the fatal instant, but an ex-
perienced eye saw that the body of
Spies struggled at first. Fischer did
not move for q minute or two. Then
he hung limp, but struggled for few
minutes, during which his coWl was
disarranged, exposing part of his face,
| until the body was turned around by
the physician examining the pulse. En-
gels body made scarcely motion after
it fell. When Parsons body fell, it re-
manned stationary for some moments !;
then the head nodded back and forth,
while the upper portion of the body
was convulsed, and the bosom heaved
so hard it seemed as if it would burst
through the shroud. With another VIC
lent throe of the whole body, the
CONTEST BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
ended. AS soon as the doctors had de-
clared the four men to be dead, those
who had witnessed the execution be-
gan to depart in most orderly man
ner, in great contrast to previous occa-
s10ns OF a similar character.
The sentences of the courts were car
ried out in the presence of less than
one-tenth of the crowd present at other
hanglngs in Chicago, and this, too, in
the face of the fact that to-day's pro-
ceedings were of worldwide interest.
Great credit should be given to Sheriff
Matson, for arranging and conducting
the proceedings in so orderly manner.
ARRANGEMENTS FOB THE FUNERAL
of the dead Anarchists were completed
at meeting of the defense committee,
tonight. Friends are requested to
meet at the homes of all the Anarchists
oI IL " OAOOh Oh OuuddJ uOOus IQoI6
will be procession which will start
Dean Street, and proceed thence to Mrs.
Parsons home, 1856 Milwaukee
Avenue; then the procession will
march to the Aurora Turner Hall.
on Huron Street, near Mil
waukee Avenue, where the remains
of Spies will be guarded by the Aurora
Turnverein, of which Spies was mem
Der. The next step will be to Engel's
residence, 286 Milwaukee Avenue,
where lie the remains of Engel and
Lingg. The German Typographical
Union will take charge of Fischer, and
the German Carpenters Union of the
remains of Lingg and Engel. Parsons
was formerly a member of Local As
sembly 1907, Knights of Labor, who
have generally been invited to the
funeral.
THE INTERMENT
will be either at the Forest Home or
Waldheim, on the Wisconsin Railroad,
and the remains will probably be taken
by train. A committee of English and
German will conduct the services aided
by several singing societies. The only
service to be held will be at Aurora
Turner Hall.
About noon Nina Van Zandt placed
picture of Spies in the front window
and the family then locked the doors
and refused to see anyone. Mrs. Fiel
den and Mrs. Schwab were visited this
evening, but both were weighed down
with grief and begged to be excused
from talking.
FieIden and Schwab were visited
after the hanging. Both appeared very
much downcast. Fielden buried his
head in his hands and said.
Eyes, YES, IT'S ALL ovBR."
Schwab was more loquscious, and spoke |
more freely on the innocence OF the
men who had just been executed, and |
of the unfairness o. the trial of the men !
had who had forfeited their lives. He |
said it would ever stand as a stain on |
the escutcheon of the country.
Eda Mueller sat at the casket which |
held all that remained on earth of her |
lover. Her tsce was as pale as death |
and
SHE soBBRD CoNvULsIyELY
os tho avn M thiziuO frianda fled in and |